That's kind of what I thought (512), and what I used. However, I know very little about how the system manages swap space, and I imagine there comes a point, where it stops being useful. On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Barry Pollock wrote: > > It is a matter of prefference for swap size. > It depends on what you wish. > You can make the swap size twice the ram. > The system can use up to 8 times the ram size. > 512 meg would be the most efficient for 256 meg of ram > Barry > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- In memory of The Man In Black. His music will live forever!